Laconian
noun
a person from or inhabitant of Laconia.
laconian
British
/ ləˈkəʊnɪən /
noun
adjective
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It will pick up with the Laconian Empire working to cement its control over the Solar System, as everyone else contends with the forces that decimated the last galactic empire.
From The Verge ● Jan. 5, 2018
Where Sparta reigned, simplicity and self-discipline are powerfully reflected in the lancet-eyed Laconian warrior whose body and thoughts alike are swathed in a foreboding cloak.
From Time Magazine Archive
The arrow from a Laconian helot had smitten through the silvered mail.
From A Victor of Salamis by William Stearns Davis
At last, however, the war turned against him, and in a battle on Laconian ground he was stunned by a stone, and taken prisoner, with 50 more.
From Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History by Charlotte Mary Yonge
“Clearly, noblest Lycon,” said Democrates, with a satirical smile, “for a taciturn Laconian to become thus eloquent for tyranny must have taken a bribe of ten thousand gold darics.”
From A Victor of Salamis by William Stearns Davis
Friends, leave the Laconians out of debate and consider only whether I have not done well to conclude my truce.
From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 by Aristophanes
When Archelaus appeared in Greece, the Achaeans, Laconians, and Boeotians, with the exception of Thespiae, joined him, while the Pontic fleet seized Euboea and Demetrias, a town at the head of the gulf of Pagasae.
From The Gracchi Marius and Sulla Epochs of Ancient History by A.H. Beesley
Your Laconians have just proved him; are you satisfied?”
From A Victor of Salamis by William Stearns Davis
It was long before the Laconians grew quiet enough to listen to the call of the herald.
From A Victor of Salamis by William Stearns Davis
Ah! no, not that one; one of its toes holds the Laconians in horror.
From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 by Aristophanes
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